fewly

adv

fewly

adv

Etymology From few + -ly.

1

Nonstandard, Rare In small numbers.

Chiefly non-native speakers' English

  • "Yes," said Bruno; "but they went so slowly and so fewly, I didn't care to count them."1893, Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “Matilda Jane”, in Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 78:

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